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13-Jan-18 Sarawak has become the first state in Malaysia to own an e-payment system, with the launch of Sarawak Pay. The app is an e-wallet where users can add up to MYR3,000 (USD76), via online banking or credit card. [image: Muhammad Rais Sanusi / Borneo Post]
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13-Jan-18 The number of mobile payment users in India surged 75% from 2016 to 56 million in 2017. This is expected to grow to 77 million in 2018 - nearly 30% of India's smartphone users. [image: Business Standard]
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12-Jan-18 Indonesian conglomerate Lippo Group will take advantage of its vast customer base of 60 million to strengthen mobile payment services, aiming to unite its customers through a digital wallet app. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]
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12-Jan-18 Line, the company behind a messaging application of the same name, is stepping up promotion of its Line Pay mobile platform to vendors across Japan, seeking to make it available at 1 million locations by 2020. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]
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12-Jan-18 Chinese Internet regulators have scolded the country’s leading mobile payments company, Ant Financial, parent company of Alipay, for compromising its customers’ privacy by automatically enrolling users in its credit-scoring system, putting pressure on firms to better protect personal data. [image: Mobile Marketer]
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